Device for the removal of refuse



J. OCHSNER.

DEVICE FOR THE REMOVAL OF REFUSE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.25| I917.

Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. DEVICE FOR THE REMOVAL OF.BEFUSE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 5, 11921.

Application filed August 25, 1917. Serial No. 188,100.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that T, JAooB Oonisnnn, citizen of Switzerland, residing atZurich, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Devices forthe Removal of Refuse, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in refuse receptacles and moreparticularly to a portable receptacle having an auxiliary bucket adaptedto be attached to the side of the box, and when filled the bucket may beswung over the box and emptied.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide anefficiently operated device of this character wherein a portablereceptacle may receive the contents of auxiliary buckets withoutexposingthe contents of either to View or allow the escape of obnoxiousodors, and means whereby a portion of the lid of the receptacle may beautomatically removed to permit the bucket to deposit its contents intothe receptacle.

The invention consists in the structural features and combination ofparts hereinafter fully described with reference to accompanyingdrawings wherein,

Figure 1, is a vertical sectional View of a refuse receiving receptacleshowing the lid closed and an auxiliary refuse bucket sus pended at theside of the receiving receptacle.

Fig. 2, is a sectional view similar to Fig. 1, except that the auxiliarybucket is shown in its raised position.

Fig. 3, is a detail view of a portion of the receptacle cover and a partof the cover of the bucket engaging the stop pin carried by the cover ofthe receptacle.

Referring to the drawing 1 denotes a cart box, which may be constructedin accordance with any of the well known types now in use, but in orderto illustrate the invention. I prefer to show a cart box consisting oftwo compartments mounted on opposite sides of centrally locatedlongitudinal beams of the refuse cart. The rear walls 2, of saidcompartments are designed to extend in a vertical plane and adapted tobe held together by any suitable means as shown in Fig. 1. The journal 4of the'arched' cover 3 of the cart box revolves in the bearing eyes 5which are fixed to the sides 6 of the cart box 1.

The cover 3, of the box 1, is provided with an arcuately formed guidechannel 7 arranged above the end walls 6, and designed to accommodate aslide cover 9. The slide cover 9, isofsuflicient area to completelycover a fill ng opening 8, formed in apertion of the receptacle cover 3,said opening 8,is located adjacent the outer wall of the receptacle 1,to provide ready access tothe interior of the latter. A suspension bar10, 18 secured at its opposite ends to the end walls 6, of thereceptacle 1, and has an intermediate portion extending parallel to theouter edge ofsaid receptacle.

An auxiliary bucket 12, which may be of any suitable size or form isprovided with a hook member 13, adapted to hook over the suspension bar10. It will be noted that the bucket 12,; may be readily removed orreplaced, andin order that'this may be accomplished as easily aspossible]: simply permit the hook 13,.to-re nain open a. sullicientdistance to allow it to pass over the suspension bar'10. The bucket 12,is provided with a cover hinged to the bucket at a point diametricallyopposite tothe hook 13.

A slotted lip 14:,projects outwardly from the free edge of the bucketcover and is slightly upturned at its extreme end. The lip portion 141,of said lid is adapted to overlie the edge of the bucket 12, and toprotrude over the outer edge of the receptacle wall. The slot in the lip14, engages a vertical pin 11, carried by the slide cover 9. An anglestop bar 15, spaced slightly back of the pin 11, is

adapted to receive the end of the lip 1 1-, when the latter is movedrearwardly.

In the operation of the device, the slide cover is normally over theopening 8, in the cover 3, of the receptacle 1, and the bucket 12,suspended by the hooks 13, at the side of the receptacle 1. The lid ofthe bucket 12, is in closed position and the slot in the lip 14;,engaged by the pin 11, on the movable cover 9. The buckets are usuallyfilled and closed by their covers before hooking them on to thesuspension bar 10. Assuming this to be the case, the bucket 12, as shownin Fig. 1, is hooked over the suspension bar 10, in readiness for thedumping operation.

As the bucket is swung about the bar 10, the lid of the bucket will rideforward until the pin 11, engages the rear wall of the slot in the lip14, the end of the lip 14, also seats against the angle stop 15. Thisposition in the operation of the device is clearly shown in Fig. 3, ofthe drawings. Upon further upward arcuate movement of the bucket 12, thelip 14:, seated against the stop 15, on the slidable receptacle coverwill compel the latter to retreat rearwardly between the guides 7, andat the same time the lid of thebucket is gradually swinging away fromthe mouth of the latter. As shown in Fig. 2, the receptacle slide lid 9,has moved to its extreme rearward position and the bucket is invertedover the filling opening 8, to discharge the contents into thereceptacle. 1, without exposing the interior of the latter in so doing.

The lid of the bucket 12, lies over the closed portion of the cover 3,when the bucket cover is fully extended, and lies approximately paralleltherewith, V V t The return of the empty bucket 12, to its initialposition is accomplished by simply swinging the latter back about thebar 10, and the forward endoi' the slot in thelip 14:, will draw thereceptacle cover back over the filling opening 8. The bucketmay then beeither removed or refilled and the above described operation repeated. I

The triangular movement of the bucket and its cover initiating theopening and 7 closing of the receptacle cover 9, provides a very simplemeans whereby the latter is withdrawn from over the filling opening 8,by the arcuate movement of the bucket cover as the bucket 12, is swungabout the bar lO, and then redrawing the cover 9, to its initialposition when the bucket is returned to the side of the receptacle.

I claim: v I v 1. The'combinati'on' with a refuse receiving receptaclehaving a portion of its top .open, of a sliding cover for said openportion of the receptacle, a refuse bucket pivotally suspended adjacentsaid opening, and means carried by the bucket and having a lost motionconnection with said cover whereby when the bucket is turnedabout itspivot said cover is slid away from the-opening and the contents of thebucket may be emptied into said receptacle through the opening in thetop thereof.

2. The combination with 'a refuse receiving receptacle having a'portionof its top open, of a cover slidably mounted on the top of thereceptacle and adapted to keep said open portion closed, a projectingpin carried by said cover, a pivot mounted on said receptacle adjacentthe opening therein, a bucket mounted on said pivot, and a hinged coverfor said bucket having an extended slotted portion engaging theprojecting pin

